On Sundays She Picked Flowers

ΓÇ£A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight,beautyand the wildness of real art.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöVictor LaValleauthor of Lone Women In this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debuta woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghostshaintsand most dangerous of allthe truth about herself. When Judith Rice fled her childhood homeshe thought sheΓÇÖd severed her abusive motherΓÇÖs hold on her. She didnΓÇÖt have a plan or destinationjust a desperate need to escape. Drawn to the forests of southern GeorgiaJude finds shelter in a house as haunted by its violent history as she is by her own. Jude embraces the eccentricities of the dilapidated housesoothing its ghosts and haintshonoring its blood-soaked land. And over the next thirteen yearsJude blossoms from her bitter beginnings into a wisewomana healer. But her hard-won peace is threatened when an enigmatic woman shows up on her doorstep. The woman is beautiful but unsettlingcaptivating but uncanny. Ensnared by her desire for this strangerJude is caught off guard by brutal urges suddenly simmering beneath her skin. As the woman stirs up memories of her escape years agoJude must confront the calls of violence rooted in her bloodline. Haunting and thought-provokingOn Sunday She Picked Flowers explores retributionfamily traumaand the power of building oneself back up after breaking down.